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Beidler, Peter G. – Journal of Experiential Education, 1987
Recounts weekend at a bee farm, an activity for a required Lehigh University freshman English composition course designed to facilitate socialization and exchange of ideas and to provide experiences for students to write about. Uses excerpts from journals of nine students. (NEC)
Descriptors: College English, Course Content, Experiential Learning, Higher Education

Klassen, Peter T. – Innovative Higher Education, 1983
Adult students in an interdisciplinary, experiential weekend social science course showed significant increases on 11 Personal Orientation Inventory subscales and the Walton-Glaser Critical Thinking Appraisal, with no sex differences found. This supports experiential learning as effective in the continuation and reinforcement of the…
Descriptors: Adult Students, Critical Thinking, Experiential Learning, Higher Education
Renkas, Cindy – Active Learner: A Foxfire Journal for Teachers, 1998
Describes a South Carolina family-science program featuring nongraded recreational weekend programs conducted by experts at their facilities. The format allows in-depth presentation of topics using community resources, lets elementary students experience real applications of science and see scientists as role models, and strengthens parent/child…
Descriptors: Community Resources, Elementary Education, Elementary School Students, Experiential Learning